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Formation of a single follicular epithelium around the germ-line derived cells of a cyst formed in the male gonad. Generation of the male gamete; specialised haploid cells produced by meiosis and along with a female gamete takes part in sexual reproduction. The generation and maintenance of gametes in a multicellular organism. A gamete is a haploid reproductive cell. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a spermatid cell. The phase of growth and gene expression that male germ cells undergo as they enter the spermatocyte stage. The cells grow in volume and transcribe most of the gene products needed for the morphological events that follow meiosis. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of the fusome of testicular cells, an organelle derived from the spectrosome. The self-renewing division of a germline stem cell in the male gonad, to produce a daughter stem cell and a daughter germ cell, which will divide to form the male gametes. The process of formation of spermatozoa, including spermatocytogenesis and spermiogenesis. Formation of the intercellular bridges that connect the germ-line cells of a male cyst. Formation of a cluster of germ-line cells, in the male gonad of an insect, derived from a single founder cell (cystoblast).

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: spermatogenesis
Acc: GO:0007283
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process of formation of spermatozoa, including spermatocytogenesis and spermiogenesis.
Synonyms:
  • generation of spermatozoa
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 540 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 739 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0007283 - spermatogenesis (interactive image map)
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